Rogue Mate

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I wake with pain all over my body. Am I dead? I must be dead… There’s no way I could’ve survived that. The pain is so intense I can’t manage to open my eyes. I lay there on the ground, naked, in a ball, screaming in pain. I’m breathing so heavily. Struggling really. Its hard to get a full breath.

I could hear footsteps coming towards me.

“It’s a rouge sir. She has been beaten badly.” I heard a man say.

“I can see that Max. Do you smell that?” A deep voice fills my ears. My body relaxes a little. I continue to lie there in fear that the pain will return when I move again.

“Yes, I smell rogue. What do you want to do with her? She isn’t on our territory yet, but close enough to be.”

I feel arms around me and I am off the ground. Tingles go all over my body. Sparks are flying wherever I am being touched. Sasha has come back and on high alert. Her tail is waging an excited as she prances in circles in the back of my mind. The strongest scent hits my nose. Beachwood and fresh fern. Whoever is carrying me this is my mate. My eyes still will not open.

“Daniel, what are you doing? That’s a rogue?” The first man asks, concerned.

“We are taking her back to the pack house. She will see the doctor and stay in the pack hospital until she is better. Then we will see what she knows.”

Daniel. That’s the man’s name who is carrying me. Daniel. My mate.

“M…. M… Mate” I manage to whisper out before the darkness takes back over.

I woke up to blinding lights. My eyes are flickering open slowly, but the light is so bright I just lay there. Until that smell. It hits my nose full force and my eyes shoot open.

“Mate” I said out loud, my eyes landed on him. The most handsome man I have ever seen. He is a tall, well-built man. Being a rogue, I’ve traveled and have seen some good-looking men, but this guy is nothing that I have ever seen before. His eyes are a deep blue. It looks like an ocean I could get lost in. His hair is dark brown with longer on top and shorter on the sides.

His face was hardened. Confused almost. I must get to him. Sasha is going crazy in my mind to get to our mate. I start to get up from the bed I am in. He rushes to me and puts me back in bed with a hard look.

“Stay. You’re all hooked up and have a broken leg. Stay.” He commanded. He’s an alpha. You could fill his aura from a mile away. This must be his pack.

Oh no. He’s an alpha and I am a rogue. He will never accept me. That must be why is face is so confused. He is confused as to why the moon goddess gave him a rogue for a mate. He is going to reject me. I can tell. His face says it all.

Sparks pull me out of my thoughts. He has both hands on my face, one on each side, staring at me. Inches away from me. I can feel his breath on my lips, his smell is intoxicating. Next thing I know, his lips are on mine as he kisses me gently. I leaned into his kiss and deepened it. I want him. All of him. His tongue is asking for entrance, and I grant it. As our tongues dance with each other and both our breathing picks up, he ends the kiss and pulls away. I see him walk towards the door and put his hands on the wall as he caught his breath.

I’m still sitting in bed breathless and now more confused than I was before.

“I’m sorry.” He finally spoke. “I just couldn’t help myself. You complicate things. I never expected to find my mate. I have chosen a mate already and are set for our wedding and her Luna ceremony in two weeks. And now here you are.”

He turned to look at me. I’m not sure what my face was feeling. But my gut was telling me I was right. He is going to reject me because he has already found a Luna for his pack. Someone I am sure was a good fit. I don’t know the first thing about being a Luna. Hell, I don’t even know the first thing about being in a pack. I’m sure it's for the best that he rejected me. I quit looking at him. I am focusing on my hands in my lap like they are the most interesting things in the world, just to avoid his gaze at me.

“I need to work things out. You are my mate. I will not reject you. I can’t, even if I wanted to, my wolf wouldn’t let me.” He chuckled the most amazing sound I’ve ever heard. Sasha is all ears now. Her tail wagging, howling in my mind. Mate. Mate. Mate. Our mate!

“The bond, the pull that I have to you, I will never have with Issa, my fiancé. It’s a feeling I never want to lose.” He steps closer to me now, grabbing my hand and holding it. His thumb is drawling shapes on the back of my hand, sending sparks trailing where his fingers touch.

“First thing is first. We must make you a member of the pack. No one needs to know your history or where you are from or things you have done. Okay?”

“Your ashamed that I am a rogue?” I know he could tell the disgust by my voice.

“I don’t care about your past or things you have done. But that doesn’t mean that other pack members won’t feel differently. I am their alpha, and you will be their Luna. They will not disrespect you. I won’t allow it. So, if you want others to know, then that’s fine.” He smiled sweetly at me. This man has my heart and I’ve only known him not even 24 hours. He thinks I’ve done terrible things; I’ve never laid a hand on anyone. He must think I am this crazy wolf with no manners, no respect.

“I’ve never done anything terrible, you know. I’ve never attacked, never even fought before.” I look at him in hopes he believes me.

His face softens and tells me he does.

“Baby, I could tell when I found you. I could feel it. You’re not an evil person. “He kissed my forehead sweetly.

“But either way, we do need to make you a member. The sooner we do, the sooner I can get your full scent without the rogue smell masking it. Baby with all the love, you stink”, he laughs. His laugh is contagious, so I joined in. I can’t remember the last time I used to laugh. It’s been years since I have laughed. I know it’s been since before my parents died.

His phone ringing brings us back to reality. He let go of my hand he was holding to walk closer to the door for a more private conversation. I felt my bottom lip pucker in a pout while feeling his hand pulling away from mine. Curse whoever is calling him right now to pull him away from me. He hangs up the phone and turns back to me. His face had hardened again like something is painful.

Then he is right back to me. Kissing me hard now. Sparks and tingles are shooting from my mouth straight to my core. Just as I can feel the wetness, he pulls away.

“Do you know just how cute you look with that lip out?” He smiles. I can fill the blush creeping up to my face. “I’m sorry, but I do have something I need to handle. I will be back tomorrow morning with my beta to make you a member of our pack. If you need anything, the nurse can call me. Eat you look like you haven’t eaten in days. The staff knows that you are to get whatever you want.” He pauses and leans in closer to me. He puts his lips so close to mine they are brushing when he talks. “Goddess, do I hope you need something while I’m gone.” He kisses me gently and quickly and then is gone.

I’m left staring at the hospital room door like an i***t, wondering if what happened had just happened. Sasha is laid back in my mind, happy and relaxed.

- You need to relax too. Let me heal you.

- Sasha. Did you see our mate? That really happened, right? We’re not dreaming.

- Aren’t you glad we didn’t die out there in the woods now?

- Of very ha-ha

I lay my head back on my pillow where I can still feel his sweet kiss before he left. My heart is aching already with him gone. I began to think about what he said. He’s engaged to marry. The pack expected a Luna in 2 weeks. I don’t know if I can give them a Luna in 2 weeks. So many questions are flooding my head, I’m so tired from everything that has happened in the last 24 hours. I can ask him all this tomorrow when he returns. For now, I am going to rest in this bed. I have never slept in a bed before and even though it’s a hospital bed, this is the best thing I’ve ever been on.